Inspired by Rebecca, author of the blog “Know Thy Food“, I’ve decided to go grocery store-free. I’ve been accumulating bulk beans, frozen meats, grains, and other pantry items, arranged to have a box of produce delivered every week, and will go pick up my milk and eggs from a friend, a trip that is [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 25, 2008
The Last Frontier
Over the last month and a half, we’ve analyzed our income and spending, eliminated the most troublesome debt, and even managed to tuck some away into savings. But further analysis as revealed a small black hole in our financial life: comfort eating.
I love chocolate. And when I say this, I mean, I can eat chocolate [...]
June 23, 2008
Going shampoo-free
Since I started talking a shower every other day, I also became interested in this trend in some circles of using no shampoo at all. But, don’t get me wrong, these people wash their hair…but only with baking soda and apple cider vinegar. It seems pretty extreme, although I’m coming around. In the article, “Why [...]
June 21, 2008
Inspiration for even the least creative of people
I mentioned on my Resource page that “The Complete Tightwad Gazette” is currently my frugal bible. I thought I would draw more attention to it because I think that for those who really want to learn frugality, this is an important book.
While it is obviously dated, it serves as an excellent exercise at strengthening those [...]
June 17, 2008
We’re filling that hole!
We recently received both our Economic Stimulus check along with our state tax return: a grand total of $2,223. We threw $1,500 at my husband’s credit card, as we haven’t put the entire amount into the bank yet (we only received the state tax return yesterday). I’ve been having a lot of ambivalent feelings about [...]
June 16, 2008
Growing Food
A few weeks ago, my husband and I started our first ever project of growing our own food. I had been bemoaning the fact that we live in an apartment and have not even a little yard to grow anything in, when he came up with the genius idea of building a garden box. He [...]
June 12, 2008
Book Review: Debt is Slavery
After reading a review at The Simple Dollar about “Debt is Slavery”, I checked it out from the library to see what it was all about. It took me all of an hour and half to read it, it’s that short. Which is what I like about it. It’s short and to [...]
June 6, 2008
Splurge!
I finally closed my last credit card – the one I was actually making monthly payments on – and got my deposit of $99 back. After much consideration, my husband and I decided to use this money to buy a little kitchen for Seth. The cardboard one I had made so optimistically was [...]
June 5, 2008
So far…
So far, I’ve failed to meet either challenge or goal this week. A three minute shower is just too short. I like a nice, unhurried hot shower. So, I’m trying to think of other ways to cut back. I might try to shower only twice a week, which would definitely even out the shower time [...]
June 2, 2008
Challenges and Goals for June
I’ve decided to make changes gradually, and have given myself one frugal challenge and one frugal DIY goal for each month. Last month, my DIY goal was to make my own pasta/pizza sauce, which I achieved several times. Eventually, I’m going to make a huge batch and either freeze it or jar it. But that’s [...]
